WD announces the availability of the WD Purple hard drive. Made specifically for surveillance applications, it's available in 1TB, 2TB, 3TB, and 4TB capacities for $90, $120, $160, and $200, respectively.

The cable industry says it is more than ready to compete with Google Fiber, but adds that consumers are nowhere near ready for gigabit speeds. Is it cable's pricing schemes that are holding back adoption?